Improvement in hats



DAVID WILCOX, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AS'S'IGNORTO HIM- SELF, W. H. SLOCUM, AND W. A. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

Lamm Patent No. 9i,1s9, (lated June s, 1869.

IIIPROVEMENT IN HATS.

The Schedulehrefen'ed to'in these Letters Patent and making part of the lam...

f To all whom 'itfmay concern:

Beit known that I, DAVID WILoox, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, '-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the AMethod of Making Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in so forming the hat-bodythat that part of thecrown next to the rim may be folded upon or within itself iu such a manner that the hat will appear to have a band, and 'that part which comes in immediate contact with the head will be treble `in thickness, thus preventing, to a con- 1 siderable degree, the perspiration from Working through to the outside,

To enable others skilled in-the art to make and-.use

A my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction ai'id use.

i Drawings.

Figure 3 is a section of the saine, showing the upper part folded outside.

Construction.

The bat-body is made in the usual manner, and of any desired material, size, and style, and, while soft and pliable, it is folded and pressed, either as represented in iig. 2 or in fig. 3, and is then subjected to the usual finishing-processes.

If desirable, the folds H I C D may be stitched or cemented together.

Having thus described my invention, I will proceed to set forth my claim,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A hat, whose body is shaped into folds H I O D, substantialbT as described, and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID WILGOX.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, JAS. S. OONANT. 

